Numbers with HTML

Deprecated: This plug-in has been deprecated and replaced with other functionality. Please see the detailed description below for more information.

This sorting plug-in allows for HTML tags with numeric data. With the 'html'
type it will strip the HTML and then sorts by strings, with this type it
strips the HTML and then sorts by numbers. Note also that this sorting
plug-in has an equivalent type detection plug-in which can make integration
easier.

DataTables 1.10+ has HTML numeric data type detection and sorting abilities
built-in. As such this plug-in is marked as deprecated, but might be useful
when working with old versions of DataTables.

CDN

This plug-in is available on the DataTables CDN:

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Note that if you are using multiple plug-ins, it is beneficial in terms of performance to combine the plug-ins into a single file and host it on your own server, rather than making multiple requests to the DataTables CDN.

Version control

If you have any ideas for how this plug-in can be improved, or spot anything that is in error, it is available on GitHub and pull requests are very welcome!